THIS IS AN AU TO MY STAR WARS STORY! In my story, Barriss never bombs the Jedi Tempel, resulting in Ashoka never having a reason to leave the order.
PSA! GREIF AFFECTS EVERYONE DIFFERENTLY AND EVERYONE DEALS WITH IT DIFFERENTLY ALSO, PLEASE DO NOT ASSUME THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS NOT CLOSE TO SOMEONE (family or otherwise), DOES NOT MEAN THEY DON'T MISS THEM!
Alycee wasn't sure what to think anymore. Her friends have been torn apart, Ashoka has left the order, Bariss in jail, and well, yeah sure she had the 212'th legion, but it wasn't the same. She's been coping as well as anyone would in this situation, not very well.
Her whole life had just been torn apart, in a manner of speaking. Alycee wasn't sure how she was going to rebuild. 'How am I going to rebuild?' She thought. 'Not like I have a whole lot left to fight for.'
Ahsoka and Bariss were her only two friends. While it's been months since the whole ordeal, Knights, her fellow Padawans, and Younglings alike were skeptical of her. And she was done with the overly cautious glances, the whispers, everything. Jedi shouldn't care who she was associated with, but it felt like everyone, except for her master, Master Skywalker, and the clones she served with was fearful of her.
She heard the door to her apartment open. She had assumed it was her master, after all, no one came to visit her. Why should they? One of her friends was framed for a crime, and the other was a war criminal.
"Alycee, everyone's worried about you," Obi-wan said. "Are you alright?"
"By alright, you mean having your only two friends torn apart from you by war, then, yes, I'm fine."
Obi-Wan sighed. He should have known this would have caught Alycee off guard. "Alycee-"
"Don't." She replied sourly. "Don't you dare say you understand."
Obi-Wan sighed, unsure of how to comfort his student, without upsetting her further. "While I may not exactly understand what your going through, I do understand how grief works, and what it's like to grieve the loss of a loved one."
Alycee was now curious. Who had Obi-Wan lost?
"I lost my own master, Qui-Gon Jinn, in a duel against Darth Maul. I was devastated, for months I couldn't focus on training Anakin." He started. "I eventually realized, Qui-Gon wouldn't want me to neglect Anakin because I was grieving, so, every free moment I had, I was training Anakin."
"What are you saying, master?"
"I'm saying Ahsoka and Bariss wouldn't want you to waste away. They would want you to face reality, as harsh as it is and lives."
"But, how do I do that? Only you, Master Skywalker, and the clones are the only ones who trust me."
"It may take time, my padawan, for the residents within the temple to trust you, if it helps any, the people of corassant not only trust you but sympathize with you."
Alycee smiled.
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